Word: discounts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Coop offered the new Sills recordings--which had been unavailable for several years--at a discount price. But, as one Coop clerk told the crowd, "First you go upstairs and buy an album and then come downstairs to have Miss Sills autograph...
...major reason prices are staying high is that manufacturers and importers of many luxury goods are pocketing extra profits rather than passing on the savings. They feel little pressure to discount the products because their prime clientele, the wealthy and upwardly mobile, tends to care more about brand names than about prices. Moreover, the thriving U.S. economy has kept shoppers in an upbeat mood, especially when it comes to classy imports...
...THINK ABOUT AT&T'S SPECIAL CREDIT." Each month your AT&T still is more than $15, the company will give you what they call an "Opportunity Calling" credit. These may be applied to various specified brands of merchandise, for a discount. Every three months you receive a statement telling how many credits have been accumulated, and what they can be accumulated, and what they can be redeemed...
...THINK ABOUT AT&T'S DISCOUNTS." AT&T is the most expensive long distance carrier in the country. Lawrence explained that the FCC grants AT&T's competitors a 55 percent discount in local access fees to help compensate for AT&T's advantages as the former telephone monopoly. According to the March issue of Consumer Reports, the least expensive service was SBS Skyline, followed, in order of increasing rates, by Western Union, Allnet, ITT, MCI, GTE, Sprint, and AT&T, SBS Skyline, according to Sesser, was "the over-whelming choice. Not only was it the cheapest service...
...states already have happy-hour laws on the books, and one law, a Massachusetts regulation that bans discount incentives at any hour, has become a model for other states. Altogether, about half the states are considering taking some kind of action or toughening up existing laws...